People do complain about the USB type-C port replacing everything.
But consider this. You have (at least in the Macbook Pro 15" inch), four Thunderbolt 3 ports, running at 40 Gb/s, each.
How you use this capability is your business.
Want to run an SSD Raid? get the appropriate adapter.
Want to run 10Gb Ethernet? get the appropriate adapter.
Want to run a 5K external display? get the appropriate adapter.
Want to run a PCI video card? get the appropriate adapter.
Want to run scientific instrumentation? get the appropriate adapter.
Sure-- replicating what Apple provided in previous generations of laptops requires the purchase of a hub–perhaps an expensive hub. But many of those apple provided ports went unused.
My Imac 5K has the following ports:
Thunderbolt 2 Port-- used for an external DVI 1080p monitor.
Thunderbolt 2 Port-- unused
Gigabit ethernet-- unused
USB 1: scanner
USB 2: time machine hard drive
USB 3: media hard drive
USB 4: flash drive and or DLSR tethering and or TV Tuner.
SDCard reader: used to read today’s snapshots.
so maybe I need more USB ports. Maybe I would also like to use a PCI card cage for a video card, and am put off by nonstandard Thunderbolt 2 hacks and lack of market power…
